First and foremost, if people don't want Jaws to stutter like that, don't 
type out that stuff at the bottom of your messages.  That's the first thing.

The second thing is that Jaws is sharing your sound memory with the system 
memory, so, if your computer had 2 gigabytes of memory, a portion of that 
memory is allocated to the sound and video, so, in most cases, you're only 
using 1 gigabyte of memory for your system, and the other 1 gigabyte is 
being shared by the sound and video.  Now, this is the case for systems and 
motherboards that use what's called, "On-Board audio and video".  What this 
essentially means is that you have no sound card or video card to process 
the video and sound separately, so, your system is constantly fighting for 
memory allocation.

I believe one person had the solution, that being purchase a separate sound 
card, which should give your system some of the memory back and give your 
sound more memory to use.  Obviously, the larger memory models are more 
expensive, but I remember the old SoundBlaster cards as being pretty good, 
especially if you're just running Jaws through it, and those you can get 
through any used computer shop for a song and a penny, so I would suggest 
you start there.

Just make sure that the card you're buying doesn't also share the system 
memory or you won't have fixed a thing.

There are some cards that will use the memory on your sound card in addition 
to the system memory for higher frequency and bitrate dependent applications 
or games.  Those are not the ones you want.  As I said, if you're going to 
spend money on a separate sound card, then there should be no trace of 
memory sharing when you're done, otherwise, what's the use.

By the way, have I told you all how much I hate those silly Jaws sound 
effects with the stuttering and all that stuff?

Well, if I didn't, than I most assuredly am now.  I just delete those 
outright, and don't even bother responding to them.

Anyway, hope this information helps you.

Scorpio 


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